GRE Word List
CONSANGUINITY
the quality or state of being consanguineous
The meaning of the word consanguinity is the quality or state of being consanguineous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |